Athletes And Entertainers Get Special Love, And Special Tax

Economy | May 9, 2008

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 minute

Combest links to an article by Shawn Clubb in today’s Suburban Journals of St. Louis that discusses the athletes and entertainers tax, and its use to fund various special causes in Missouri. (Please note that I said special causes, not bad causes.) Why is this article important? Well, for many reasons — not least of which is that I am quoted in it — as well as its citation of an op-ed written by our former editor, Tim Lee. Joe Edwards of Blueberry Hill is also quoted in it, so I am pleased to be in good company. Please take a moment to check it out. And it really is a stupid tax…

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David Stokes

David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from 2007 to 2016. From 2016 through 2020 he was Executive Director of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, where he led efforts to oppose harmful floodplain developments done with abusive tax subsidies. Stokes rejoined the Institute in early 2021 as the Director of Municipal Policy. He is a past president of the University City Library Board. He served on the St. Louis County 2010 Council Redistricting Commission and was the 2012 representative to the Electoral College from Missouri’s First Congressional District. He lives in University City with his wife and their three children.

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